Bantwal : A 24-year-old driver of an LPG tanker died following an injury he suffered after the vehicle fell on its side at Thumbe near BC Road Junction on Sunday.

The Bantwal Traffic police said that Jayaprakash (24) of Salem district in Tamil Nadu was taking a load of LPG from Mangaluru to Andhra Pradesh. He was driving on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway when the accident happened.

Near Thumbe, Jayaprakash lost control over the vehicle and it fell on its side. Jayaprakash and cleaner Karthik (21), who were injured, were taken to a private hospital in Thumbe.

Jayaprakash died of injury in the hospital, the police said.